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(11) EP 0 360 553 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.07.1991 Bulletin 1991/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.03.1990 Bulletin 1990/13

(21) Application number: 89309493.8

(22) Date of filing: 19.09.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5G06F 12/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB

(30) Priority: 20.09.1988 JP 233702/88

(71) Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kitamura, Yoshimoto
    Tokyo 164 (JP)
  • Okada, Seishi
    Kanagawa 211 (JP)

(74) Representative: Rackham, Stephen Neil et al
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Buffer storage system


    (57) A buffer storage system being provided between an instruction executing portion and a main storage, and enabling the instruction executing portion to quickly fetch and store data in a frequently-accessed address area. The buffer storage system comprises: a plurality of buffer storages (1, 2) each storing the same data; and a move-out buffer register (3, 4) provided between the plurality of buffer storages (1, 2) and the main storage. When data held in the buffer storages (1, 2) is required to be moved out to the main storage a part of the data to be moved out is transferred from each of the plurality of buffer storages (1, 2) to a corresponding portion of the move-out buffer register (3, 4), and then the data is transferred from the move-out buffer register (3, 4) to the main storage. The transfers of the parts of the data from the plurality of buffer storages (1, 2) to the corresponding portions of the move-out buffer register (3, 4) are concurrently carried out, and the parts of the data concurrently transferred from all of the buffer storages (1, 2) to the move-out buffer register (3, 4) constitute the whole of the data to be moved out.







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